It’s not every day the U.S. Air Force wants to throw away a perfectly good satellite. But that’s what’s happening with DMSP-20, a $500 million spacecraft built under the longstanding Defense Meteorological Sate...

Saying DISCOVR traveled an unlikely path into orbit is an understatement. The satellite, conceived in 1990s as Triana — a NASA Earth observation mission proposed by then-U.S. Vice President Al Gore — was stored...

The White House’s 2017 budget request for national security space programs reflects the Defense Department’s commitment to resourcing the space domain to deter adversaries and achieve superiority throughout a c...

Companies, in general, aren’t fans of additional regulation, particularly anything that would make it harder or more expensive to do business.
However, some in the commercial space industry are embracing a con...

Stein’s Law says: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” With any luck, it applies to today’s limp management of the geostationary orbital arc by individual governments and international regulators....

For the past two years, senior U.S. lawmakers have haggled over how many more RD-180 rocket engines United Launch Alliance should be permitted to import from Russia before the Atlas 5 is sidelined by Fly Americ...

Verbatim | So you’re saying there’s a chance?
“Experts tell me it’s technically possible to get this done by FY19. That’s what we’re charging toward; that’s what the law has told us to do. We’re working toward...

Sam Black. Credit: Sam Black
Sam Black Joins Office of Management and Budget
"I joined the White House Office of Management and Budget as a Program Examiner in the Science and Space Branch on Feb. 8. I’ll be...